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Joe
noun
[ dʒəʊ ]
• an ordinary man.
• "he's just a hard-working, divorced average Joe"
• coffee.
• "a cup of joe"
Origin:
mid 19th century: pet form of the given name Joseph; compare with Joe Bloggs. Joe (sense 2) arose in the 1940s.
